A review by sbookreader
I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy

dark emotional sad medium-paced

4.0

I’d never heard of the author prior to listening to this but the audiobook came highly rated so I figured I’d give it a go. What an emotional rollercoaster! Really reinforced how messed up child stardom is, where the kids don’t have a chance at a regular life with standard milestones. I understand why the audiobook in particular is rated highly because these are some seriously harrowing event, and Jennette’s detached reporting buffers them to some degree. She lived through it, she’s generally showcasing the dark humour underlying it all, so it’s tempered in a way that reading the physical book might not manage. I’d recommend it, too, as long as you check the content warnings. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Cancer, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Drug abuse, Self harm, Religious bigotry